our hwang ji-hye reports. typhoon roke...which hit central japan on wednesday... has moved offshore northeast of the country,... leaving at least 10 people dead and five missing...and more than 3-hundred injured. japan's meteorological agency said... that as of noon on thursday... the typhoon was located in the pacific off the eastern coast of hokkaido ... moving at a speed of 55 kilometers per hour. 08 the storm has brought high winds, heavy rain and flooding... causing over 200-thousand households to lose power and disrupting transportation in central and northeastern japan. last night in the capital city of tokyo,... located about 2-hundred kilometers west from shizuoka prefecture where the typhoon made landfall,... public transportation, including the subway system, was suspended for three to four hours. and according to the kyodo shimbun... around 5-thousand people were stranded inside shinkansen bullet trains at tokyo and shizuoka stations overnight. as strong winds approached the tsunami-ravaged fukushi

hwang ji-hye tells us more. animated character pororo was selected as korea's most creative product this year. the national library of korea said,... that the korean penguin character topped the ranking in its power creative 2011 survey conducted online from september 5th to 14th. over 57-thousand people and a hundred selected experts took part,... choosing the top 10 creativity boosting products. the so called potongryeong ,... an abbreviation of korean "president pororo",... for its hold over children in korea,... won 24 percent of the vote. pororo-related products have brought in profits of 5-hundred billion won,... or 450- million us dollars. k-pop that plays a leading role in the korean wave followed pororo,... taking the 2nd place with 20 percent. mobile messenger kakao talk,... which boosts over 23 million users,... was third,... recording 18-point-2 percent. other nominees on top 10 list included,... bibimbap as in-flight meal, and the busan international film festival. the library says that most of the

hwang ji-hye reports. the national human rights commission of korea says it plans to advise the government on how to better protect the human rights of stateless people. this comes after the commission called government efforts too weak to follow an international pact signed by 66 countries. according to the 'convention relating to the status of stateless persons' that korea signed in 1962, stateless people should be treated fairly in terms of employment, health insurance and residence. and the people in korea include those who lost citizenships because of their false marriages to achieve korean citizenship. as of the end of april this year,... 66 people have had their citizenship annulled because of sham marriages,... and half of them remain in korea. these people do not have basic human rights,... such as the right to work and the freedom to travel to and from korea. the justice ministry says the rate of fraudulent marriages in the country will rise when the government allows stateless people to stay in

hwang ji-hye reports. at korea's national assembly,... the confirmation hearing for health minister nominee rim che-min was held on thursday. nominee rim,... a former ministerial-level official of the prime minister's office,... said in his opening remarks,... that the government should pursue a sustainable welfare system based on balance and principles. korean "an individual's well-being cannot be guaranteed solely by government support or social care. the best welfare policy is providing the social vulnerables with more job opportunities, so that they can further participate in social activities." in response to a question about the foreign-owned hospitals,... rim said that he will adhere to the government policies already in place. korean "the government's policy or the guidelines laid out by the national assembly is to allow establishing foreign- owned hospitals in free economic zones including jeju free international city. and such principle has not changed." since 2003,... the korean government has b

hwang ji-hye has more. korea's premium apples have traditionally come from the country's southern city of daegu in north gyeongsang province. however,... due to global warming... the major growing area has moved north... to gangwon province. farmers in yanggu county are busy harvesting apples... ahead of one of korea's biggest traditional holidays, chuseok. although they expected shipments to be delayed due to the frequent heavy rain this summer,... the late summer heat that korea has basked in for the past few weeks meant they were able to harvest top-grade apples in time for the holiday. korean "our apples are in good quality despite the bad weather. apples produced in yanggu county are famous for their high sugar content." as summer temperatures continued to stay high, even overnight, down in the southern regions,... it was difficult for the apples grown there to build up nutrients. this resulted in the apples to have a lower sugar content than those produced in the northern part of the country. so natur

hwang ji-hye has the details. korea's oldest dinosaur fossils have been found in yeongdong county, north chungcheong province. earth science professor kim jeong- ryul ,... who has been researching the area since last may,... said on monday,... that his team has discovered dinosaur fossil footprints,... that are between 130 to 140 -million years old,... which means they are from the cretaceous period,... also known as the "chalk period." these newly- discovered fossils are 10 to 20 million years older than the ones found in south gyeongsang province in 2006. around a hundred fossilized footprints were found in yeongdong county,... and they include fossils with visible tail tracks... that are rarely found anywhere in the world. korean "in fossilized footprints of carnivorous dinosaurs,... 3-point-6 meter-long dinosaur tail tracks are found. these kinds of fossils have never been found in korea before." the fossil footprints of the meat-eating dinosaurs are about 23 centimeters long and 16 centimeters wide,.... while

hwang ji-hye tells us more. a twenty-year-old satellite, the size of a bus, is expected to crash into the earth sometime on friday afternoon, eastern time... or early saturday morning in korea. nasa said earlier this week that... the non-functioning upper atmospheric research satellite will mostly disintegrate and partially melt,... as it burns up in the earth's atmosphere. the 6-ton,10-point-6 meters long satellite was launched in 1991... to gather information over chemical compounds found in the ozone layer which affect ozone chemistry and processes. the satellite has also been measuring winds and temperatures in the stratosphere and the energy input from the sun. experts from nasa say that... 26 'potentially hazardous' pieces ranging from about half a kilogram to over 150 kilograms will fall from the sky,... as the satellite re-enters. english "there are some pieces that are made of stainless steel and titanium and beryllium that have very high melting temperatures and those pieces will survive. we have a lis

hwang ji-hye, arirang news. the forces of libya's rebel-led interim government are set to attack one of fugitive leader moammar gadhafi's last remaining strongholds, bani walid,... as those loyal to gadhafi refuse to surrender. located around 180 kilometers southeast of the capital tripoli,... it is one of four remaining areas still controlled by pro- gadhafi forces. meanwhile,... china has come under fire over allegations that it sold weapons and ammunition to the gadhafi regime in july,... in violation of united nations sanctions. according to officials in the national transitional council,... a few chinese state companies offered gadhafi representatives 200- million us dollars worth of weapons. china's foreign ministry spokeswoman, jiang yu, said on monday... that gadhafi's officials visited beijing about two months ago to buy arms,... but that no contracts were signed. monsoon rains in southeast pakistan have killed at least 88 people and displaced eight million people. according to pakistan's disaster manag

hwang ji-hye has more. the guardian newspaper has reported on korea's efforts to take the lead in the smart grid industry as the country looks to boost its energy independence. although korea has undergone a remarkable economic transformation over the past 40 years,... the country has been prone to high energy prices due to a lack of natural resources. the paper highlighted a project named the 'smart grid roadmap' on korea's southernmost island of jeju,... where the government and some of the nation's largest conglomerates, like sk telecom,... are setting up a smart grid infrastructure. korea hopes the project to transform it from an energy- importing nation into a green, energy efficient society. a smart grid is a type of electrical grid which attempts to predict and intelligently respond to the behavior of all electric power users connected to it... in order to efficiently deliver reliable, economic, and sustainable electricity services. over 160 companies, large and small,... have transformed 2- thousand